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When I awoke I found myself in the hospital wing surrounded by puffy white blankets. "Oh Lily you're awake!" Sirius

threw himself on me. I looked around groggily, "What happened?" Sirius was still suffocating me with hugs. I rolled my

eyes. "Alright! Alright! Get the hell off of me!" I yelled pushing him off. "Interesting way to treat your visitors, Ms.

Evans!" I glanced up and found Dumbledore standing in front of me calmly. All of a sudden everything that had happened

came rushing back to me. "Oh shit!" I exclaimed. I noticed Sirius and Dumbledore looking at me strangely. "I mean… Oh

shucks!" I concluded lamely. Dumbledore hid a grin, "No need to fret Ms. Evans. I'm not here to punish you or to ask any

questions. I'm only here to tell you to get packed immediately." "Why?" I asked. His blue eyes twinkled brightly, "Did we

not have a deal Ms Evans? You will be leaving tomorrow morning after breakfast." Then he walked out of the room leaving

Sirius and me alone. Sirius sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at me curiously. I smiled a tiny smile, "So how long

have I been here anyways?" "About two weeks," he said. I blinked in surprise, "What? Two weeks just for fainting?" He

quirked his eyebrow at me, "Well, I think it had a little something to do with the purple sparks that flew out of your arms

and into Heart's side." "Yeah! I'd like to know what all that was about too," said Potter who had just walked in. I briefly

closed my eyes. When I reopened them they both were staring at me expectantly. I sighed, "Look there's some things you

don't know about me. Actually there's a lot you don't know about me. And most of it I can't tell you. Well actually most of it

I won't tell you. It's really complicated and it would be dangerous for me to tell you. So I'm gonna do something that might

surprise you two. Especially you Potter. I'm gonna ask you guys to dome a favor. The favor is that you don't ask me about

this and that you don't tell anyone other than Remus. Ok?" Sirius nodded slowly and Potter looked like he was about to

object but Sirius stopped him with a long hard stare. I managed a small smile, "Thank you!" "So when did you become an

animagus?" asked Sirius excitedly. I laughed, "I've been an animagus since I was eleven." "What made you become a

panther?" asked Potter. "Actually I have several different animal forms but the panther is my favorite," I said. My smile

vanished as a thought occurred to me, "Where's Heart? Is she alive? Is she okay?" Sirius nodded, "Yeah she's fine. She's

resting in my bed right now. So where are you going next week?" I slumped back onto my pillows, "Oh I'm staying over my

band-mates house for Thanksgiving." They looked confused so I explained all about my band, Thanksgiving, and our

yearly tradition. "Cool!" exclaimed Sirius. "That means you get to eat!" I laughed, "Yeah Sirius, that means I get to eat."

Potter was staring at me quietly. I avoided his gaze and climbed out of bed. Potter and Black jumped up. "Lily where are

you going?" asked Sirius. I ushered them out of my bed area. "Wait here for a second," I said. I walked back over to my

bed and drew the curtains around me. Making sure no one was looking, I snapped my fingers quickly. My hair was pulled

up into a short high ponytail with gray tips. I was now wearing gray sweat pants and a gray sports bra with black sneakers. I

wore no jewelry. After checking to make sure I had my wand, I slipped from behind the curtains. "Let's go," I said walking

out of the hospital wing and ignoring their stares. They scrambled out after me. "What day is it?" I asked as we reached

the portrait. "Thursday," said Potter. "Password?" asked the fat lady. "Simba's Pride," said Sirius. I threw him a puzzled

glance. "It's Dumbledore's favorite mini," explained Sirius as we walked in. I snorted, "Do you mean movie?" Sirius

frowned with surprise, "And to think that all week I've been calling it a mini. Well that would explain that F in muggle

studies." Potter shook his head with a slight grin on his face, "Padfoot please don't speak." "Yah," I said with a slightly

teasing grin on my face. "For once I actually agree with Potter. You sound much more intelligent with your mouth shut!"

We spread ourselves on the couch. "So what are you trying to say?" asked Sirius. "Are you saying I'm dumb?" "Cough

"obviously" cough," coughed Potter. I smiled, "No I'm not saying you're dumb Sirius." Potter gave me a look of disbelief.

"I'm saying," I continued. "That it is better to be quiet and let people think you're stupid, than to open your mouth and

remove all doubts." "Huh? I don't get it," said Sirius dumbly. Surprisingly Potter did get it and we burst out laughing at the

same time. "Good one Evans," snorted Potter. Sirius just stared at the both of us, confused. He shook his head slightly.

"I'm confused," he said. I rolled my eyes. Then I jumped up and ran up to the boy's dorm. I kicked the door open with a

high-pitched karate yell. Lupin was just walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. It just so

happens that I startled him. And it turns out that a lot of funny things can happen when you startle someone. They could

choke, hyperventilate, or even pass out. But in this situation me busting into a room at full speed with a karate yell caused

a startled Lupin to drop his lovely little towel. And its funny but when he dropped his lovely little towel, I saw a lovely little

sight. I think I have a new appreciation for werewolves. Lupin's cheeks were as red as my hair as I stared at his extremely

uh, large package. He scrambled to pick up his towel as my eyes bore in to him. Once he was safely covered he looked

down at the floor. I wore a small teasing grin on my face as I said, "No need to look down Lupin, if I had a package that

size I'd walk with my head held high." He ironically blushed harder. Before he could say anything Potter and Sirius burst

loudly into the room. "Hey what's taking so long…" Sirius's voice trailed off as him and Potter took in the scene before

them. Silence echoed through the room as we all just stared at one another. "Okay," I said breaking the silence. "I think

I'll just take Heart and go now." I walked over to Sirius's bed and scooped Heart adoringly in my arms. I smiled genuinely

at the marauders, "Thanks for taking care of Heart!" As I walked out of the room, Potter called out to me, "How about you

relax with us today?" I hid my surprise as I shook my head sadly, "I can't relax anymore. That's what caused this mess."

They looked at me confused as I walked out. I hugged Heart to myself as I walked up to my room. "Where have you been

Lily darling? I've had the most frightful fit while waiting for you to return? Has something happened? Are you well

darling?" asked Gwen. I smiled a bit at how much she seemed to care for me. I cocked my head slightly as I thought about

how to answer her questions. "Something has happened," I said finally. "I found my way back to reality." Having said that

I walked through the portrait, leaving her to ponder my words.